Objective Personality traits and health are strongly correlated, but unobserved family-level
characteristics may confound this relationship. This study investigates whether associations …

Despite social scientists' long-standing interest in the influences of siblings, previous
research has not settled the debates on how relevant sibship size is to child development …

Repeated use of the same potentially related instrumental variables by a literature can"
collectively invalidate" these instruments. This paper examines two ways in which this can …

Despite rising numbers of only children in China, little is known about their family dynamics
and well-being in adulthood—for example, how often they marry other only children and …

This chapter reviews the growing literature on the child quantity–quality (QQ) trade-off.
During the transition from the traditional agricultural economy to modern economic growth …

Economic research emphasises the importance of cognitive and non-cognitive skills in
children for long-term labour market, health and social outcomes. In contrast to previous …

Previous studies explore the role of birth order in children's and adults' outcomes. This
literature usually provides evidence of disadvantage of children with higher birth order. A …

In 1979, China's government adapted the One-Child Policy (OCP), a radical approach to
limiting population growth. The One-Child Policy can be regarded as a natural experiment …

Family background matters for entrepreneurship, but why do siblings differ in their
propensity to become entrepreneurs and the type of ventures they pursue? I draw on family …

Background Positive development plays an important role in youth when dealing with
stressful circumstances. According to the resource dilution theory, adolescents with or …